List of Famous people born in India
Nagraj Manjule
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his Marathi film Sairat, short-film Pistulya for which he received National Film Award in Non-Feature Film category.
Jeethu Joseph
Jeethu Joseph is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil and Bollywood films. Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural film Detective and later went on to direct five successful films: the family drama Mummy & Me (2010), the comedy My Boss (2012), the thriller Memories (2013), the family-thriller Drishyam (2013), the revenge-drama Oozham (2016) and the action-thriller Aadhi (2018). Jeethu gained popularity after the release of Drishyam, which became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, it was the first Malayalam film to cross ₹50 crore mark at the box office. Jeethu made his Tamil debut with Papanasam (2015) and Hindi with The Body.
Manoj Bhargava
Manoj Bhargava is an Indian American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC, the company known for producing the 5-hour Energy drink. By 2012 the brand had grown to do an estimated $1 billion in sales. In 2015, Bhargava pledged 99% of his net worth to improving the well-being of the world's less fortunate.
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Shriya Pilgaonkar is an Indian film actress, director, producer, and stage performer. She is the daughter of actors Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar.
Chirag Paswan
Chirag Paswan is a politician and President of Lok Janshakti Party. He is the son of late Member of Parliament and Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan.
Prashanth Neel
Prashanth Neel is an Indian film director who works in Kannada-language cinema. He made his debut with the 2014 film, Ugramm. He then followed it up with the film KGF, which was written and directed by him. As of January 2021, Neel is finishing his next film KGF: Chapter 2, which has no confirmed release date.
Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed Siraj is an Indian cricketer who plays for Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the India national cricket team.
Asin
Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages, and dubs her own films. She is the only Malayali actress, other than Padmini, to have dubbed in her own voice for all her films, irrespective of language. Asin has been referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood" by online portals in 2007.
Karun Nair
Karun Kaladharan Nair is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Karnataka cricket team in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler. Having previously played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League, he was signed up by the Kings XI Punjab in 2018.
Madhu Mantena
Madhu Varma Mantena is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur involved in the production and distribution of films across Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali cinema. In 2008, Madhu Mantena co-produced Ghajini (2008) which was the highest grossing Indian film for that year. Since then Madhu has produced films such as the trilingual sleeper-hit Rakht Charitra (2010), the political thriller Rann (2010) screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Bengali hit Autograph.